A conservative think tank is suing Oregon over a new law that makes it illegal to impersonate a union representative

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• Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  “We should be able to commit fraud” is a… bold stance

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  • state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    With the way things are going, the court is probably going to rule in their favor.

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  • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    “We should be able to commit fraud” is a… bold stance the Republican party platform.

    FTFY

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• jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The law allows union representatives to sue anyone for $6,250 if they can prove an individual falsely impersonated a union representative.

  That is too small a fine.

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  • defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    There should also be an actual arrest and prison time.

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  • buddascrayon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It’s fir each infraction and these conservative think ranks send out thousands of mailers pretending to be a union rep advising union employees and tricking them into exiting the union.

    They even boast about it in their filing.

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  • Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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    It sounds like a personal lawsuit, so astroturfing/pinkerton orgs will have a harder time finding people that go and do the work of union busting.

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• IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  how the fact is impresonating anyone with intent to decieve legal?

  if I can elderly telling them in their insurers, is that legal?

  if it’s legal for police to impresonate unions, it should be legal for me to impresonate a cop.

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    it seems they’re reiterating that fraud is fraud and that they can’t rely on a specific defense.

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    • IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I think if I tell you I am someone else, to con you to give me confidential information that should 100% count as fraud.

      And if stealing an MP3 is a serious crime, stealing an organization confidential information should be way worse

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